The debate on the developments in post-conflict scenarios and the inception of multilayered reconstruction efforts has gained momentous importance in the post-9/11 international system due to the global rise of non-traditional security threats. An overwhelming wave of literature has appeared from different corners of the world on the changing patterns of global security dynamics under…
The three-phase ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas brokered in January 2025 aimed to end the protracted conflict in Gaza. Despite initial progress, the deal collapsed by late February due to disagreements over its implementation. Soon Israeli forces resumed a ground invasion into central and southern Gaza and expanded into the north of the enclave….
Israeli kinetic operations in the region for over a year were taking all the space of international headlines when the Bashar al Asad regime in Syria collapsed within a few days in December 2024. Regional and international military and intelligence analysts and policy makers are now faced with a new puzzle. After the collapse of…
The topic of Food Security was not in the limelight for many reasons as it should have been since our main focus was on strategic and foreign policy doctrine during past years and what Pakistan has to do to adjust strategically as well as tactically to curb and maneuver regional and global challenges that were…
It was quite mesmerizing to see the AMAN exercise held in Karachi from February 7 to 11, 2025 with participation of about sixty countries and more than one hundred and twenty delegates from around the world. The uniqueness this time was the presence of seventeen naval chiefs and heads of other organizations who were part…
Glaciers worldwide are melting at unprecedented rates, with some disappearing so quickly that entire river systems are at risk of collapse. The year 2025 is declared as the International Glaciers Year to create awareness and promote the preservation of glaciers. Natural hazards in the cryosphere are increasing, and nations with emerging economies have limited resources,…
The Quran is Divinely protected[1] and revealed as immutable guidance[2], contrasted with the Hadith, which, while intended to elucidate the Quran, are vulnerable to reinterpretation and misinterpretation, even fabrication. Despite Quranic safeguards against such manipulation[3] (3:7) in the Quranic text, the sheer volume of Hadith literature presents a significant risk. This vulnerability, exacerbated by the…
Once upon a time in a land – where everything accompanies a side orders of fries, where bald eagles soar and where balding reality TV stars become presidents – a courageous, orange-tinged warrior rose to the highest office in the land. His mission? Should he choose to accept, and he did! To protect the American…
President Donald Trump took over the White House with the express intent to ‘fix it all’. Apart from his Russian roulette, wherein he is all set to strike a New Deal with the ‘Evil Empire’ of yesteryears, and rewrite a new subjugated protocol with the allied Europe at large, Trump has his eyes on the…
Since its inception in 1987, Security and Management Services (Pvt) Limited known as (SMS) has redefined Pakistan’s private security landscape. Evolving from modest beginnings into the nation’s largest security provider, SMS delivers a diverse range of services, including manned guarding, close protection, electronic security, radio alarm systems, satellite vehicle tracking, security audits, HR outsourcing, and…
